Improvement in gages for tobacco-cutters



M. B. MORRIS. GAGES FOR 'I'OBACCO-C'U'TTER S.

DIM 195,722. Patented 0ct.2,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK B. MORRIS, OF YOUNG AMERICA, INDIANA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,722, dated October2, 1877; application filed August 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK B. MoRRIs, of Young America, in the county ofCass and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gages for Tobacco-Outters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved gage for tobacco-cutters; and itconsists in attaching a removable gage to the machine, so as accuratelyto measure the length of each plug of tobacco that is cut, as will bemore fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents an ordinary machine for cutting plug-tobacco, and which maybe of any desired shape, size, or construction. Firmly secured to thestandard b of this machine, by means of a set-screw, c, is the gage d.This gage consists of a bar of suitable length, having a series ofnotches, e, cut in its upper inner edge, which notches are equidistantapart. The inner end of this gage is made U-shaped, so as to pass overthe edge of the standard and be held in position, so that the gage willproject outward at right angles from the cuttingblade 9 of the machine.

It represents a stop, which has a notch, 2', cut in one end, so as toadapt it to catch down in the notches of the gage, and be held rigidlyin position. This stop can be adjusted back and forth, from notch tonotch, and regulates the length of the plug that is to be out. As eachnotch represents a certain value, so far as the length of the plug oftobacco to be cut is concerned, whenever a person wishes for five, ten,or fifteen cents worth of plug-tobacco, it is only necessary to put thisstop in the proper notch, and then pass the plug through, under theblade, until its end strikes against the top, when the knife will beforced downward by the lever l, and cut it off.

By means of this invention the greatest nicety can be obtained incutting plug-tobacco, so as to always give a uniform measure orquantity, and. not having to deal it out by guess-work. This gage beinga permanent attachment to the cutting-machine, the shopman has nofurther trouble in using it than to merely adjust the stop back andforth, according to the quantity of tobacco required.

Instead of the notches figures may be used entirely, or figures may beused in connection with the notches, so that the shopman may see at aglance where to adjust the stop.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination of amachine, a, gage d, set-screw 'c, and stop h, for fitting in thenotches, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this8th day of August, 1877.

MARK B. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

ROBERT HUNTER, Q A. W. MoRRIs.

